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title: ""I've invented a marvelous machine that can propel a wagon and its…"
date: 2014-02-03
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# "I've invented a marvelous machine that can propel a wagon and its…

*February 3, 2014 · Facebook*

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\"I\'ve invented a marvelous machine that can propel a wagon and its passengers at tremendous speed all the way across the city! I call it an internal combustion engine.\"\
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\"It looks heavy, can one horse pull it?\"\
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\"No, no, we don\'t need horses. My machine supplies all the power.\"\
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\"If the horse is not pulling it, then is it pushing it?\"\
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\"No, my good man, you misunderstand me. No horses\"\
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\"We need horses, otherwise what will pull the wagons?\"\
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\"My machine does it. Look, here it is.\"\
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\"I don\'t see anyplace to attach the harness.\"\
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\"Without horses, we don\'t need a harness.\"\
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\"But without a harness, how will the horse pull it?\"\
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\"Sir, please stop and consider. Everything we need is in this machine right here. It is not pulled by a horse\"\
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\"Oh, I get it, so it carries the horse too? It looks too small to fit a horse. \"\
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\"No, it does not carry the horse at all.\"\
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\"So the horse walks alongside it?\"\
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\"No, it goes much faster than a horse can run.\"\
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\"So the horse won\'t be able to keep up? If you do away with the horse, what do you replace it with? A cheetah, perhaps?\"\
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\"We don\'t need any animal. This engine does all the work.\"\
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\"But if you don\'t replace the horse, then what will pull your wagon?\"\
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\"No animal pulls it.\"\
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\"So your wagon just stays still? Hey! Look everybody, this man has lost his senses, he is trying to sell us wagons that don\'t move! Hahahah\"\
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\--What it is like to talk to a statist.\
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By Kyle Bennett. Via Parijata D. Mackey
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